Marketing Portfolio

Unshelved/Not Invented Herewww.unshelved.com,www.notinventedhere.comMarketing Challenge: Create a profitable business for a former high tech manager who wanted to become a nationally syndicated cartoonist. Business needed to fit an introverted style, financially support a growing family, and involve reasonable hours and work, so the client could be there for his family.Marketing Coaching: Identified librarians as possible niche market for business, suggested building online community and generating passive revenue from online sales through marketing, advertising and professional speaking. [Note: Speaking is not something I generally recommend for introverts, and it was essential at the time for industry visibility.]Now: Pioneering, web-based comics serving two niche markets, libraries and software. Thriving six-figure business based on specialized merchandise, self-published books, targeted advertising, and speaking engagements. International fan base, popular conference speaker.

Radiant Animalswww.radiantanimals.comMarketing Challenge: Former Fortune 50 executive. Self-employed corporate consultant, unsure about consulting business.Marketing Coaching: Coaching surfaced client’s hidden talent and training as a medical intuitive for animals. Created business name, Radiant Animals, and provided marketing positioning for website, sales coaching, business building strategies, and custom copy for website, talks and teleseminars.Now: Growing business working with diverse animals, from zoos to private, multi-pet households. International clientele with steadily increasing visibility.

Next Stage Dancewww.nextstagedance.orgMarketing Challenge: Respected dancer, choreographer. Performed with internationally-acclaimed dance companies. Wanted to start Pacific Northwest dance company. Frustrated with industry outlook on mature dancers.Marketing Coaching: Worked with client to found successful, pioneering Pacific Northwest dance company featuring mature dancers. Assisted with startup phase, and marketing of non-profit business reliant on fundraising and grants.Now: Next Stage Dance provides an arena for mature dancers to express themselves and inspiring audiences to accept life changes with grace. Regular calendar of dance performances and dance training.

C Sharp Artwww.CSharpart.comMarketing Challenge: Former CNN News Director/Investigative Reporter turned fine artist. Wanted marketing coaching for budding watercolor business.Marketing Coaching: Business coaching to maximize profits from art. Recommendations for marketing visibility and outreach.Now: Juried member of the Oil Painters of America. Work widely collected by corporations and private investors. Represented by one of the top galleries in Seattle.

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“I’ve had great success with the ideas and strategies you have shared with me this year, and I’m looking forward to more successes this coming year.”